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'PATENTED MAY 28, 1905.

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PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS CARNEY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL CASH REGISTERCOMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.

TIME-PRINTING DEVICE.

SFECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,677, dated May 23,1905.

Application filed June 14,1901. Serial No. 64.558.

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Be it known that I, THOMAS CARNEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residingat Dayton, in the county of h'lentgomery and State of Ohio,haveinvented certain new and useful 1m provements in Time-Printing Devices,of which I declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in time-printing devices, as shown,for example, in the patent to Kruse and IVeiss, No. 147,0231, grantedFebruary 24:. 1891.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a vertical section throughacash-register having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is afrontelevation of the clock detached. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a printingcash-register with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 4: is a verticalsection through the machine on the line 4: a of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is adetail view of the motor-spring and the motor-gears of the machine. Fig.6 represents an end view of the cash-register, showing the printer inelevation and the clock and its connections in section. Fig. 7 is adetail perspective view showing the pawl for actuating the time-printingwheel. Fig. 8 shows an elevation view of the slide which operates tothrow the check-printer hammer into operative connection. Fig. 9 shows aperspective view of the lower printerhammer with the hub which issecured thereto. Fig. 10 shows a short portion of the detail-strip asprinted by the machine.

My present invention has no relation to the particular form ofcash-register to which it is applied, and it is only for purposes ofillustration that I have shown it as attached to a cash-registersubstantially like that of my pending application, Serial No. 20,385,filed June 15, 1900.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the fixed frame in which thevarious parts are supported and ournaled. The registering-keys 11 are ofthe lever type and are hung about central upon a transverse shaft 12.Extending verticallyabove the rear end of each key is its cof'iperatingindicator or tablet rod 13. Each key has a registering-plate 1a, whichis secured to said key near the rear end thereof and extends verticallyupward. As shown, in machines of this class those of the keys which arearranged to register values are grouped in banks, nine keys to eachbank. Except for the immber-buttons on the front ends of the keys eachbank of said keys is a duplicate of every other bank; but each key inany one bank is different from every other key in that bank that is, thedegree of inclination of the registering slot 15 of any key is differentfrom that of all the other keys in the same bank. This is clearly shownin Figs, 1 and 4:, from which it will be seen that the entrances of allthe registering slots are arranged in horizontal alinement and directlyunder the cross-rods 16 of the registering-frames 17, which carry theregistering-segments 18. If any registering slot were formed upon an arcstruck from the center of the supporting-shaft 12, it would not when itskey was operated move the registering-segment at all; but eachregistering slot during the first portion of its length varies from saidare. The distance that the registering slot of the 1 key varies fromsaid are may be regarded as a unit, since the registering slot of the 5key varies five times as much and that of the 9 key nine times as much,etc.

Each key when operated has to be moved just as far as any other key; butby the means just described the different keys are made to transmitdifferential movement to the counterwheels through theregistering-frames 17. Each registering frame and segment 18 is normallylocked by the locking-frame 19, which is pivoted upon the cross-shaft 20and has a cross-rod 21. The lower end of the frame stands normally justbehind the cross-rod 16 of the registering-frame. The registeringsegmenttherefore is thus locked against any improper movement; but when a keyis operated the upper rear corner of its registeringplate immediatelystrikes the cross-rod 21 of the locking-frame and forces thelockingframe 19 backward out of the path of movement of theregistering-frame.

The counter 20, as usual, is composed of a number'of wheels havingnumbered peripheries, and they are all journaled on the counter-shaft21, which is journaled in the counter-frame 22, which in turn isjournaled upon the cross-shaft 23. Near the lower corner of its frontend the counter-frame is provided with a stud 24, (shown in broken linesin Fig. 1,) which travels in the groove 25 of the boxcam 26. The box-camis secured upon the rotation-shaft 27, which is arranged so as to make asingle complete rotation at each operation of the machine. The shape ofthe camgroove is such that the initial movement of the key rocks thecounter-frame 22, thereby throwing all of the counter-pinions 28 intoengagement with the registering-segments.

Each registering-key has formed in the front edge of itsregistering-plate the usual coupling-slot 29, which cooperates with theuniversal bar or key-coupler 30 in the usual manner.

The rotation-shaft 27 is given its single complete rotation at eachoperation of the machine by the rotation rack-bar 31, (shown in Fig. 1,)the lower end of which is bifurcated and straddles a headed guide-pin32. Nearits upper end the rotation rack-bar is provided with two seriesof rack-teeth, one in the front edge and one in the rear edge, and it isarranged to vibrate between the pinion 33, which is secured upon therotation-shaft, and the pinion 34, which is journaled upon thestub-shaft 35. An intermediate pinion 36 is placed between the rotationrack-bar and the adjacent end frame of the machine and at all times isin mesh with boththe pinions 33 and 34. At the upper end and secured tothe inner side of the rotation rack-bar is a stud 37, which cooper ateswith a ridge 38, formed upon or secured to the inner side of the endframe of the machine; The ends of the stud 37 and of the ridge 38 arebeveled, as shown.

A shifting-spring 39 is secured at one end to the frame of the machineand at the other to one of the legs forming the bifurcated lower end ofthe rack-bar. It is attached to the rack-bar at a point about midway ofthe length of said leg. In the normal position of the parts, as shown,the spring is above the guide-pin 32, and therefore draws therotation-rack into engagement with the pinion 34. When a key is operatedthrough the operating-arm 39 which is rigidly secured to the key-coupler30, the rack-bar is moved downward. It results from this that as thepoint of attachment of the shifting-spring 39' that is, when it returnsto normal position the rack-bar is shifted back into engagement with thepinion 34, as will be readily understood. There is a slot-and-pinconnection between the arm 39 and the rotation-rack, which permits thelatter to be shifted while being moved by said arm.

As usual in machines of this class, the typewheels 40-for printing theamounts of the recorded transactions are geared directly to theregistering segments. In the machine as shown the registering-segment,which is arranged to register dollarsthat is, the one shown in Fig. 1and the left-hand one of those shown in Fig. 3is connected with itstypewheel through the printer-shaft 41. The pinion 42 upon the left-handend of the shaft is always in mesh with its respective segment andtransmits the movement of the latter to- The segment for registeringtens of cents is the middle one of those shown in Fig. 3 and itstype-wheel is the middle one of the three type-wheels 40, which areshown in that figure. It is connected with its type- 'wheel by a sleeve43 on the printer-shaft.

(Shown in broken lines in Fig. 1.) In like manner the segment forregistering cents is the right-hand oneof those shown in Fig. 3 and isconnected with its respective type-carrier through the sleeve 44, whichencircles and turns upon the sleeve 43. In these respects thecash-register as shown in the drawings is substantially identical withthe construction shown in the patent to me granted May 23, 1893, No.497,861, and, as in that patent, all of the printingwheels have thetypes arranged upon their peripheries in duplicate series, so that thedetail-strip may be printed by receiving an impression from the lowerprinter hammer or platen 45, and exactly the same characters may beprinted upon an inserted check by the upper printerhammer 46. Theprinter-hammers are mounted upon arms 47, which have pivots 48, securingthem to the printer-frame 49.

The various parts of the printer are operated from the key-coupler,which, it should have been explained, is secured to the keycoupler shaft50, whose ends are journaled in the frame of the machine and theright-hand end of which projects through the printerframe 49 and hassecured upon it the segmentplate 51. The latter is provided with asegment, which is always in mesh with a corresponding segment on theactuating-pawl carrier 52, which is pivoted upon the shaft 53, whichsupports the supply-roll 54. There is pivoted to the pawl-carrier nearits rear end the actuating-pawl 55. This is in position normally toengage the hook 56, which is carried by the lower printer-arm 47,whereby whenever a key is operated the key-coupler is actuated and thepawl-carrier 52 is rocked,

the lower printer-hammer until the disengaging-arm 57 of theactuating-pawl strikes the stop-pin 58, thereby disengaging the lowerprinting-hammer and permitting it to make its printing stroke under theimpulse of its spring 59.

W'hen it is desired to print a check, the check-key 60 must first bepressed, then the check is manually inserted under the upper orcheck-printing hammer, and then when the 1 machine is subsequentlyoperated the cheekprinting hammer is moved simultaneously with the lowerprinting-hammer and identical impressions are made upon the check andupon the detail-strip. This simultaneous operation of both hammers orplatens is brought about through the operation of the check-key, whichraises a vertical slide 61, which is provided, Fig. 8, with twoelongated slots 62, through which pass the stud 63 and the lower one ofthe pivot-shafts 48, respectively. The slide lies close against theprinter-frame t9 and between said frame and the printer-hammers. Nearits upper end it has a notch 63, into which extends a pin 64, which iscarried by a clutch member 65' The latter has a bifurcated lower end,and the two legs thus formed straddle the lower pivot-shaft &8. Adetentpawl 61 is pivoted upon the outer end of the stud 63. It has ahorizontal arm 61 and a vertical arm, which is provided with a notch61". Cooperating therewith on the Slide 61 is a projection 61. hen theslide is raised by the operation of the check-key, the projectionthereon passes to the level of the notch 61, whereupon the detent-pawlis thrown under said projection, so as to lock the slide in its upperposition to compel a subsequent operation of the upper printinghammer.The horizontal arm 61' is the releasing means, and when theactuating-pawl is returned to normal position after having released thehammers its disengaging arm 57 strikes the horizontal arm 61", therebyrocking the detentpawl from under the projection 61, whereupon the slide61 and the check-key 6O immediately resume normal position under theimpulse of the spring 60, which is coiled upon the pivot-shaft of saidcheck-key.

In order to have a wider bearing for the lower printer-hammer arm, thehub 66 is secured rigidly to it and is journaled upon the lowerpivotshaft. It is also necessary to have wide firm bearings for theclutch member whereby it may move freely in a vertical direction, but beprevented from swinging laterally independent of the printer-hammer. Tothis end, as shown in Figs. 6 and 9, slots are cut in the hub onopposite sides, and through these slots slide the legs of the bifurcatedends of the clutch member. As the hub is rigidly secured to theprintor-hammer, it will readily be seen that the clutch member canreadily be moved vertically, but has no latto actuating thetime-printing wheels.

p'rinter-hammer. hen the check-key is pressed, the lower wall of thenotch 63 strikes the inner end of the pin, and thereby raises the clutchmember so that the pin enters the vertical slot 67, formed in the upperprinterhammer. Thereafter when the amount-keys are operated the lowerprinter-hammer is swung downward, as already described, thereby swingingthe clutch-member pin 6 forward, and as it is in the slot 67 the upperhammer is thereby raised. Of course when the actuating-pawl 55 isdisengaged both the hammers are simultaneously operated by their springs59. Normally the clutch-member pin is entirely out of the notch 67, andtherefore the check printer-hammer is not actuated except when thecheck-key has been previously set by depressing it.

The detail-strip 68 and the continuous inkribbon 69 are given a definitemovement in a forward direction at each operation of the machine bymeans of the feed-pawl 70, which is pivoted at its lower end to thesegmentplate 51. At its upper end it engages a ratchet-wheel 71, whichis fast to and carried by the intermediate gear 7:2, which meshes withthe lower gear 73, which carries the storage-roll 74, and the upper gear75, which carries the drum around which the ink-ribbon passes. Aretaining-pawl 7 6 also engages the ratchet-wheel 71 to preventretrograde motion of either the detail-strip or the ink-ribbon.

The time-printing device may be located wherever convenient; but in thepresent instance I prefer to place it above the wicket or window throughwhich the indicators show, because when thus located it admirably servesthe purpose of an ordinary clock in addition The clock itself may be ofany preferred variety. In the drawings 1 have shown a clock having amotor-spring 77, which, as usual, is secured at one end to thewinding-shaft'TS and at the other to the main or motor gear 79. Aratchet-wheel is rigidly secured upon the winding-shaft, and aretaining-pawl 81, which is pivoted to the fixed frame, engages theratchet-wheel to prevent retrograde movement when the windingshaft isturned to put the motor-spring under tension. The usual pinion 82 andintermediate gears 83 and 8a transmit the movement from the motor-springto the minute driving-shaft 85. The latter has the usual escapementmechanism, including the balance-wheel 86, the pallet 87, &c., toregulate and control the movement of the minute driving-shaft. Thehourhand is carried upon a sleeve 85, which surrounds the forward andreduced end of the minute driving-shaft 85, as shown in Fig. 2, and thissleeve 85 is fast to a pinion geared to the minute driving-shaft 85, soas to receive one-twelfth of the movement of said shaft 85, and therebybe driven as the hourhand is ordinarily driven. The minute-hand eralmovement independent of the lower l is attached to a sleeve 108, looselysurroundregister frame at 90.

ing the sleeve as also shown in Fig. 2,

and this minute-hand has an independent driv' ing means, as will laterbe described, not being connected in the ordinary manner to the clockmechanism. Upon the rear end of the minute-shaft 85 is a cam-wheel 88,having twelve teeth formed thereon, and this shaft 85 revolves once ineach hour in the ordinary manner, thus revolving the can] 88 once ineach hour. As above stated, the minute-hand is not operated directlyfrom this shaft 85, but is operated by other means, as will be laterdescribed, and the means of setting the minute-type carrier from theshaft 85 is as follows: Cooperating with the cam-wheel is a bell-cranklever 89, which is pivoted in the rear of the clock to the upper part ofthe cash- Its upper end is beveled, as shown, so as to engage the teethof the cam-wheel. Its lower or right-hand end has a jointed connectionwith a vertical slidebar 91, which is held in position against thevertical side frame of thecash-register by two headed pins 92. At itslower end the slidebar has a slot-and-pin connection with a secondbell-crank lever 93, which is pivoted at 94 to the printer-frame, Fig.6. The lower end of the bell-crank lever 93 has a slot-and. pinconnection with one arm of a pawl-carrying yoke 94, Fig. 7. The otherend of said yoke carries the well-known form of pivotactuating pawl 95,having three fingers 96, which are arranged at graduated inclinationsand respectively engage the hourprinting wheel 97, the minute-printingwheel 98', and the meridian-printing wheel 99. In the present instancethe middle one of the actuatingpawl fingers is longest or has thegreatest inclination, whereby at every reciprocation of theactuating-pawl the minutes-printing wheel is turned one step, as will bereadily understood.

There is a double series of twelve printingtypes upon each of thetime-printing wheels, and duplicate printing-types of each series arearranged at diametrically opposite points, so that when the hammers areoperated the same impression is simultaneously printed upon the tape bythe lower printer-hammer and upon the inserted check by the upperhammer. The printing-types of each of the duplicate series upon theminutes-printing wheel are of denominations as follows: 5, 10, 15,20,25, 30, 35, 40, 15, 50, 55, 60. Upon the hour-printing wheel there areduplicate series of printing-types arranged to print the hours from 1 to12. The types on the meridianprinting wheel are arranged to print A. M.and P. M., and these abbreviations alternate around the periphery of thesaid printing-wheel.

Secured to the side of and carried by each printing-wheel is aratchet-wheel 97 having two deep notches 98 at diametrically oppositepoints. In like manner the ratchet-Wheel of the meridian-printing wheelis provided with two deep notches at opposite points. As has been said,the finger of the actuating-pawl which turns the minutes-printing wheelhas the greatest inclination of the three, and therefore theminutes-printing wheel is moved one notch at each reciprocation of theactuatingpawl. The finger which actuates the hourprinting wheel has thenext greatest inclination, and when, therefore, the middle finger inturning the minutes-printing wheel falls into the deep notch of itsratchet-wheel 97 'the right-hand finger 96 drops far enough to engagethe ratchet-wheel which is carried by the hour-printing wheel, and thelatter is thereupon moved one notch. As the finger which actuates themeridian-printing wheel has the least inclination, that wheel will onlybe moved one notch when the hour-printing wheel has been movedtwelve-notches. The minute-wheel therefore is moved every five minutes,the hour-wheel every hour, and the meridian-wheel every twelve hours.

The actuating-pawl is reciprocated by the conjoint action of thecam-wheel and its spring In turning, one of the cam-teeth strikes thebell-crank arm 89 and gradually slides past the beveled upper endthereof, which is held against the cam-wheel by the tension of thespring 99. The movement of the camwheel forces the bell-crank leverdownward, retracting the actuating-pawl until the tooth which is incontact with the bell-crank lever passes by the latter, whereupon thespring 99, being temporarily unrestrained, swings the bell-crank 93downward and the actuatingpawl forward until said bell-crank strikes asuitable stop, such as the pin 100. This operation, as will be readilyunderstood, swings the actuating-pawl forward and causes the latter toturn the minutes-printing wheel one notch. The upper bell-crank 89 isalso thereby swung upward, so that its beveled end is thereby broughtinto the path of movement of the succeeding tooth of the cam-wheel. Inthis manner the clock operates to intermittently turn the time-printingwheel.

In order to move the minute-hand synchronously with the minuteprintingwheel, I pivot to the upper bell-crank lever 89 a link 102, Fig. 2. Atits upper end the link is pivoted to a short crank-arm 103, which isfast upon the rear end of a short shaft 104. Upon the other or front endof said shaft is secured the pawl-carrying arm 105, to the upper end ofwhich is pivoted the minute-handactuating pawl 106, which engages theminute-hand ratchet-wheel 107, which is fast upon the rear end of theaforesaid short sleeve 108. Upon the front end of this sleeve theminutehand is secured, and of course the minutehand can thus moveindependently of the minute driving-shaft 85. Under this construction itresults that whenever the camwheel 88 actuates the bell-crank 89downward Lil the link 102 is thereby reciprocated, which rocks the shortshaft 104:, which causes the actuating-pawl 106 to be reciprocated, soas to advance the ratchet-wheel 107 the space of one tooth. As theminute-hand is integral with the ratchet wheel 107, the former isthereby moved twelvetin'ies during each hour. It advances by jumps fromone indicatingnumber on the clock to the next.

In order to prevent retrograde movement of the ratchet-wheel 107, andconsequently of the minute-hand, the retaining-pawl 109 is pivoted uponthe shaft 104, and its upper end engages said ratchet-wheel. Its otherend is connected by a light spiral spring 110 with the actuatingpawl106, whereby both of said pawls are held to engagement with theratchetwheel 107.

A principal feature of my invention comprises means for automaticallywinding up the clock by the operation of the cash-drawer, as best shownin Figs. 2 and a. To this end I provide a \vimlingpawl 111, which isheld to engagement with the winding-ratchet by a spring-arm 112, whichis pivoted to the wind ing-pawl and has a spring 113 intervening betweenit and the said pawl. The upper end of the spring-arm bears against thevertical standard lls of the clock-frame, and thereby, as described,holds the actuating-pawl engaged with the winding-ratchet 80. Movementfrom the cash-drawer is transmitted to the actuating-pawl, and hence tothe winding-ratchet, through the horizontal lever 115, the verticalslide 116, which is jointed to the left-hand end of said lever, thevertical link 117, and the bent lever 118, which is pivoted to the sideframe of the cash-register at 119. hen the cash-drawer is closed,anantifriction-roller 120, which is carried by the bracket 121 upon therear side of the cash-drawer, strikes the bent lever 118, therebyswinging its upper end downward and forward and reciprocating thewinding-pawl so as to turn the winding ratchet-wheel 80 one tooth.

\Vhen the cash-register is first put into use or if the clock has rundown through nonusage of the register, the motor-spring may be wound upor put under tension by either opening and closing the cash-drawer anumber of times or by means of a regular clock-key which may be appliedto the square front end of the winding-shaft 78. The motor-spring ispreferably strong enough to run the clock several days, so that exceptwhen the machine is first started or when the cash-register has been outof use for some time no attention whatever need be paid to winding upthe clock.

As the drawer might be closed so often as to wind the motor-spring tootight, provision has been made for rendering the winding devicesinoperative when a certain tension of the spring has been reached. Tothis end the horizontal lever 115 is pivotally secured, not to a rigidpart of the frame, but, on the contrary, to a heavy spring-bar150,formed, preferably, of steel. It may be said to be in the form of abridge in that it has two feet 151, one at each end, and these feet restupon the cross-plate 152 of the frame of the machine. The lever 115 ispivoted about midway be tween the ends of the spring-bar. It resultsfrom this construction that when the drawer is operated the motor-springwill be wound until the spring is so tight that the resistance it offersto being further wound exceeds the resistance that the spring-bar olfersagainst being bent. In other words, it takes a certain force to bend thespring-bar downward at the point at which the lever 115 is pivoted toit, and so long as the power thus required is greater than the powerrequired to further wind the spring the actuating-pawl 111 will move thewindingratchet one teeth at each operation of the drawer. hen, however,the power required to turn the winding ratchet-wheel exceeds thatrequired to bend the spring-bar, the actuating-pawl no longer turns thewinding ratchet-wheel far enough for the detentpawl to engage anothertooth, because the spring-bar simply bends, and therefore theactuating-pawl is not moved far enough to turn the winding-ratchet thedistance between its successive teeth. In this manner I prevent themotor-spring from being wound too tight.

It will be readily understood that instead of having the clock wound bythe cash-drawer I might arrange to have the Winding done through aconnection between the winding ratchet-wheel and any part of thecash-register which has a definite movement at each operation. Forexample, it would be a very simple matter to have the winding connectionoperated from the universal bar or key coupler 30 instead of from thecash-drawer.

Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. In a cash-register, the combination with a printingmechanism, of a clock-movement, time-printing types, setting meansintermediate the clock-movement and said types, winding devices for theclock, and a yielding support for the winding devices whereby the clockis no longer wound when the tension of the yielding support becomes lessthan the tension of the clockspring.

2. In a cash-register, the combination with a printing mechanism, oftime-printing devices, a clock-movement having indicatinghands, meansintermediate the clock-movement and the time-printing devices forintermittently actuating the latter, and devices connecting said meansto the minute-hand of the clock for intermittently actuating said handsynchronously with the intermittent movement of the printing devices.

3. In a cash-register, the combination with a printing mechanism, oftime-printing devices, a clock-movement, setting means intermediate theclock-movement and the printingtypes, a slidable ca e-drawer, a pivotedlever operated by the cash-drawer, a pivoted lever for winding theclock-movement, and link devices intermediate the two pivoted levers.

4. In a printing cash-register, the combination with the time-printingwheels, of the clock-movement provided with hour and minute hands, thecam-wheel turned by the clockmovement, spring-actuated means controlledby the cam-wheel for moving the time-printing wheels at definite times,and a connectionbetween said spring-actuated means and the minute-handfor moving the latter at definite times synchronously with one of theprintingwheels.

5. In a printing cash-register, the combination with the time-printingwheels, of a clockmovement controlling the printing-wheels and having aminute-hand, of a cam-wheel moved by the motor-power of the clockmechanism, a bell-crank lever cooperating with the cam-wheel to turn theprinting-wheels at definite times, a ratchet connected with theminute-hand, an actuating-pawl cooperating with the ratchet-wheel, and alink connecting the actuating-pawl and said bell-crank lever. 1 6. In acash-register, the combination with the time-printing wheels, of aclock-movement controlling said wheels, a motor-spring, winding meansconnecting with an operative part of the cash-register, and a yieldingsupport for the winding means which allows the latter to be operatedwithout winding the spring for the purpose of preventing themotor-spring being given an excessive tension.

7. In a printing cash-register, the combination with the time-printingwheels, the cashprinting wheels and a clock, of means for controllingsaid cash-printing wheels, means carried by said clock forintermittently actuating said time-printing wheels, and means for movingthe minute-hand of said clock synchronously with the moving of thetimeprinting Wheels.

8. In a cash-register, the combination with a clock mechanism having adial, and hour and minute hands, of a type-carrier for printing thetime, intermittently-operating means intermediate the minutedriving-shaft of the clock mechanism and the type-carrier for moving thelatter, devices connecting said means to the minute-hand, andmeans'connecting the minute driving-shaft to the hourhand.

9. In a cash-register, the combination with a clock mechanism, oftime-printing devices connected thereto, a movable member forming partof the operating mechanism, an operating-pawl for winding the clockmechanism arranged to be operated by the movable member, and aspring-support for the operating-pawl whereby the pawl will give whenthe tension of the clock spring becomes greater than the tension of itssupportingspring.

10. In acash-register, the combination with a ty pe-carrier, of springmeans for setting the same, a winding device for said spring means, anda spring-support for said winding device whereby the latter becomesinoperative to wind the spring when the tension of said spring becomesgreater than the tension of said spring-support for said device.

11. In a cash-register, the combination with a type-carrier springoperating devices for the same, of winding means for the same, and aspring-support for said winding devices whereby said devices becomeinoperative when the tension of the actuating-spring becomes greaterthan the tension of the supporting-spring.

12. In a cash-register, the combination with spring operating devices,of a cash-drawer, winding means for said spring devices operated by thecash-drawer and a spring-support for said winding means whereby thelatter become inoperative when the tension of the operating-springbecomes greater than the tension of the supporting-spring.

13. In a cash-register, the combination with a type-carrier springactuating devices therefor, of a ratchet connected to the same, awinding-pawl for said ratchet, a spring-support for said pawl, and aretaining-pawl for said ratchet.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS (JARNEY.

WVitn esses ALVAN MAOAULEY, IRA BERKSTRESSER.

